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Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle (gerundive) of legō (“pick out, select”).
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Pronunciation
Participle
legendus (feminine legenda, neuter legendum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be chosen, selected, appointed.
- which is to be collected, gathered, brought together.
- which is to be taken, stolen.
- which is to be traversed, passed through.
- which is to be read (aloud), recited.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- legendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid